Battery tool



July 23,. 1935. J H, HEARD 2,009,048

.BATTERY TOOL Filed June 18, 1954 Inventor Z1 f h. Had/CZ Patented July 23, 1935 PATENT OFFICE BATTERY TOOL Joseph Hubert Heard, Montrose, 0010., assignor of one-half to Thomas W. Shearer, Montrose,

Application June 18, 1934, Serial No. 731,196

1 Claim.

This invention relates to a battery tool, the general object of the invention being to provide means for extracting the sealing compound from a storage battery.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claim.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure 1 is a view showing the invention in use on a battery.

Figure 2 is an elevation, with parts in section.

Figure 3 is a face view of the bit shown in Figures 1 and 2.

Figure 4 is a section on line 4-4 of Figure 2.

Figure 5 is a view of a second bit which may be used with the tool.

Figure 6 is a longitudinal sectional View through the bit shown in Figure 5. v

In this drawing, the numeral l indicates a shank which passes through a longitudinally extending hole in a handle 2, with an end of the shank threaded to receive a nut 3 which is countersunk in the end of the handle. A ferrule 4 is placed on the other end of the handle. A bit A has a square hole 5 therein for receiving the square reduced part 6 at the free end of the shank and the extremity of this square part is of circular shape in cross section and threaded to receive a nut l, a washer 8 being placed between the nut and the outer face of the bit, as shown in Figures 2 and 4. The bit is of plate-like form and tapers downwardly to provide the sloping side edges 20, with its upper end bent forwardly at right angles to provide a scraping or cutting part 9. The depending part is formed with a longitudinally extending slot Hi, the bottom wall of which slopes or curves from the outer face to the inner face or that face closest to the handle,

as shown at H, and the adjacent end of. the bit also curves or slopes from the outer face to the inner face, as shown at H. The side walls of the slot also slope or curve from the outer face to the inner face, as shown at l2, and the slot tapers from its upper end to its lower end, as shown in Figure 3. The walls I! and H curve in opposite directions and form the cutting edges 2|.

A bit B, shown in Figures 5 and 6, can be used 7 instead of the bit A, and the lower part of this bit B is made similar to the lower part of the bit A, but its upper end is straight and is formed with an opening l3 having its walls flaring from one face to the other, as shown at Hi, the upper part of the opening being of substantially rectangular shape and with its lower part having its Walls converging, as shown at 53, the upper edge of this .bit also sloping from one face to the other, as shown at !5.

As will be understood, and as shown in Figure 1, the lower part of either bit can be placed between the cells of a battery X or between the parts of the cells and the box of the battery and pressed into the sealing compound and then drawn in one direction or the other to cause the sealing compound to be extracted from between the parts, as shown. in Figure 1. The compound being extracted will pass through the elongated slot. The part 9 can be used for scraping or cutting the compound from parts of the battery and for other purposes and the upper part of the bit B, shown in Figures 5 and 6, can be used for removing the sealing compound from the different parts of the battery and for other purposes.

This tool enables one to easily and quickly remove the sealing compound from a storage battery and it can also be used for other purposes.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts, provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claim.

What is claimed is:

A tool of the class described comprising a shank, a bit connected with the shank and extending at right angles from an end of the shank, said bit being in the form of a plate with flat faces and its side edges tapering downwardly to provide a narrow lower end, said end sloping downwardly from one face of the bit to the other face andsaid bit having a downwardly tapering elongated slot therein having its upper end spaced from the point of connection of the bit with the shank and its lower end being slightly spaced from the lower end of the bit, with the lower end wall of said slot sloping in the same direction as said lower end of the bit with the edges of that portion of the bit between the lower end thereof and the bottom wall of the slot shaped to provide cutting edges, the side walls of the slot sloping outwardly from said one face of the bit to the other face.

JOSEPH HUBERT HEARD. 

